10 interesting digital stats we've seen this week
I've rounded up some of the most interesting digital marketing stats I've seen this week.
Topics covered include the use of tablets and other devices while watching TV, search marketing budgets, mobile payments and Google+.
Mobile is the future, just ask Facebook
Thanks to Facebook’s filings with the SEC, we now have access to a treasure trove of Facebook data. And one metric everyone seems to be keeping their collective eyes on is mobile-social growth.
It’s going up…fast.
According to comScore, US Facebook users are now for the first time accessing the network from mobile devices more than from desktops or laptops.
Average U.S. users spent 441 minutes accessing Facebook from mobile devices in March compared to 391 minutes for desktop/laptop use. Facebook now says it has 488m mobile active monthly users, a 14% increase from December.
Ten interesting digital stats we've seen this week
I've rounded up some of the most interesting digital marketing stats I've seen this week.
Stats include multi-screen usage, mobile email, online returns, buying patterns of tablet users, social media customer service and Twitter's mobile user numbers.
WSJ reveals readership trends across different devices
The Wall Street Journal revealed some interesting data about readership trends by device and time today at the Business Development Institute's social and mobile conference for Financial Services.
While a live Twitter feed streamed the thoughts of the audience, Michal Shapira, Associate Vice President of Digital Marketing noted that the organization is not just a traditional media company anymore and claimed that, compared to a jury of its peers, the company is number one in terms of mobile access.
Supplementing print readership, the WSJ's desktop, tablet, and phone applications extend the company's product consumption levels far beyond its traditional reading hours.
How will the EU cookie law affect mobile marketing?
The EU e-Privacy Directive and subsequent ICO guidance is complicated and confusing enough when you look at desktop sites alone, but then there's the question of how it translates to mobile.
To recap: the 'cookie law' covers the use by businesses of information stored on users' 'terminal equipment' and this covers mobile sites and apps as well as desktop sites.
In a new white paper, Mark Brill from the DMA has bravely attempted to untangle some of the issues around mobile and the cookie law.
I've looked at some of the recommendations from the report, and the threat that the e-Privacy Directive poses to mobile marketing and m-commerce...
How many screens are there really?
The number of screens we interact with depends on who you ask. While we, as marketers, would like to think tablets have already replaced couch laptops, the reality is that consumers today are more likely to be looking at their smartphones while watching TV.
Mobile devices may very well be the third or fourth screen, but that is assuming TV is the first one, and that assumption may be more wrong than right as screens converge and content follows.
In that context, it is difficult to develop proper multiscreen strategies, when ordinal numbering doesn't necessarily help us identify which specific device is being used by consumers and, most importantly, what is their current state of mind.
Mobile sites and affiliate tracking: the stats
With consumer behaviour and shopping habits continually evolving, coupled with the increase in smartphone penetration, more and more consumers are accessing the internet through mobile devices.
This is something that we have been monitoring closely at Affiliate Window for the past 18 months. Back in December 2010 we saw traffic through mobile devices account for 2.4% of all network traffic and 1.7% of all sales.
Fast forward to March 2012 and these figures have grown considerably with 10% of traffic and 6.6% of sales coming through mobile devices.
The five Cs of connected TV
When two very different industries like traditional broadcast television and digital collide, it’s difficult to ignore the implications on both sides.
While analysts predict that 60% of households will be watching internet TV by 2014 and many companies are trying to capitalise on shifting viewing habits, the connected TV market is still in a nascent stage.
To coincide with the recent release of Econsultancy’s Connected TV Smart Pack, we’ve identified five key elements of this emerging ecosystem that any marketer needs to be aware of.
These are what we call the five Cs of connected TV...
10 interesting digital stats we've seen this week
I've gathered together some of the most interesting digital marketing stats released this week, from our own and third party research.
Stats include web users' attitudes to cookies, e-commerce sales for March, digital salaries, and mobile commerce.
App review: Naked Wines for iPhone
Naked Wines this week launched an iPhone app for use by registered customers on the site (Angels in NW parlance).
The app allows users to review wines, connect with other customers, and place orders.
Since it's a good excuse to order some more wine, I've been having a closer look at the app...
